Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone Media

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319 Episodes

  1. Part One: Muhammad Ali Risked It All to Stop a War

    Published: 5/1/2023
  2. Part Two: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

    Published: 4/26/2023
  3. Part One: Helen Keller Was a Socialist But Also Complicated

    Published: 4/24/2023
  4. Part Four: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

    Published: 4/19/2023
  5. Part Three: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

    Published: 4/17/2023
  6. Part Two: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

    Published: 4/12/2023
  7. Part One: The Young Lords: How Some Puerto Rican Socialists Changed Everything

    Published: 4/10/2023
  8. Part Two: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

    Published: 4/5/2023
  9. Part One: Burglars vs the FBI: How the Catholic Left & Their Friends Exposed COINTELPRO

    Published: 4/3/2023
  10. Part Two: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

    Published: 3/29/2023
  11. Part One: Great Trancestors of History: Lucy Hicks, Wendy Carlos & Alan Hart

    Published: 3/27/2023
  12. Part Four: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

    Published: 3/22/2023
  13. Part Three: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

    Published: 3/20/2023
  14. Part Two: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

    Published: 3/15/2023
  15. Part One: Stonewall: The Criminal Queers Who Birthed a Movement

    Published: 3/13/2023
  16. Part Two: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

    Published: 3/8/2023
  17. Part One: Judi Bari Didn't Bomb Herself: Earth First! & the Timber Wars

    Published: 3/6/2023
  18. Part Two: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

    Published: 3/1/2023
  19. Part One: The Golden Age of Pirates & One Great Polycule of History

    Published: 2/27/2023
  20. Part Two: Chico Mendes & the Rubber Tappers Who Fought for the Rainforest

    Published: 2/22/2023

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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.